South Africa

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), along with various doctor associations and the Board of Healthcare Funders, has instituted an inquiry into allegations of discrimination and racial profiling by certain medical aid schemes. The Sunday...South Africa

A Durban woman is the first South African to successfully conceive using a new reproductive procedure, using a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection to rejuvenate her ovaries.
According to a Post report, Ashlesha Raghubir, 35, and her husband,...South Africa

A Free State doctor frustrated at twice failing Colleges of Medicine of SA exams is now looking for a foreign qualification alternative but cannot get clarity from the Health Council of SA whether it would be recognised.
Phume Peter Moletsane...South Africa

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) says it has cracked down on fake doctors who fraudulently issue medical certificates to motorists needing them to get public driving permits in the Eastern Cape, reports The Times. Spokesperson Simon...South Africa

Private hospital operator Netcare says it is under pressure from increasingly prescriptive medical scheme management and the growth of competing private hospital networks.
Netcare said it had seen a healthy 5.6% growth in revenue for the six...South Africa

South African Health Department officials have won a reprieve from the US government after it threatened to slash its funding for South Africa's HIV/Aids programmes due to poor performance, reports Business Day. Senior officials flew to Washington...South Africa

The controversial study by Stellenbosch University researchers, which suggests Coloured women have an increased risk for low cognitive function, has been retracted, The Times reports.
The highly criticised Stellenbosch University study, Age-...South Africa

SA Health Department delays issuing export permits for human tissue is having severe consequences for international medical research trials, with some believing the delays are deliberate, linking to tensions over the the commercial use of human...South Africa

The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has fired suspended CEO Joyce Mogale and CFO Sikhumbuzo Zulu, following "procurement irregularities" worth R200m. News24 reports that Mogale and Zulu were suspended in February 2017. "In essence, the CEO...South Africa

In the face of sustained criticism, Stellenbosch University has apologised for the ‘pain and anger’ caused by a study assessing cognitive function of a small sample of SA Coloured women and will now conduct a ‘thorough investigation into...South Africa

A plan to cut US funding to South Africa for HIV programmes is likely to be reversed – as long as the quality of services for people living with HIV is increased, say health NGOs. "The turnaround is a major victory for people living with HIV in...South Africa

The Public Servants Association of SA said it was appalled by the inhumane conditions faced by mental-health patients at the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Gauteng, urging the health ombudsman and the Human Rights Council to intervene,...South Africa

South Africa has been experiencing a protracted shortage of the DT (diphtheria and tetanus) vaccine, starting in late 2018, reports IoL.
Frustrated with being given the run-around, a Cape Town school nurse says she’s battling to have her pupils...South Africa

South Africa’s medicines regulator is 'working closely' with the police to clamp down on illegal sales of unregistered cannabis-containing products claiming medical benefits, but has yet to successfully prosecute any companies or individuals...South Africa

Many employers are not waiting for the elusive National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme to improve the health of their workers, absenteeism levels and productivity, reports Business Day. Nor are they waiting for the Health Department and medical...South Africa

Private clinic and hospital group Mediclinic International says margins in Southern Africa and Switzerland fell in the year to end-March and will probably decline again in the year ahead. Business Day reports that the group said in a trading update...

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